Leviticus 14:37:1Lev.14.37.W1TAB
וְרָאָ֣ה
veraah
“examine”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-AH
- Extended
- veh-raa-AA
- IPA
- /vəraˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- examine
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ra-AH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-AH et-ha-NE-ga
- clause
ve-ra-AH et-ha-NE-ga ve-hin-NEH ha-NE-ga be-ki-ROT ha-BA-yit she-ka-a-ru-ROT ye-rak-rak-OT O a-dam-dam-OT
- sentence
ve-ra-AH et-ha-NE-ga ve-hin-NEH ha-NE-ga be-ki-ROT ha-BA-yit she-ka-a-ru-ROT ye-rak-rak-OT O a-dam-dam-OT oo-mar-eh-HEN sha-FAL min-ha-KIR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive verb vera’ah {וְרָאָה | wə-rāʾāh} ‘and he shall see’, which signals a sequential priestly instruction.
In context — Leviticus 14:37
And he shall examine the affliction , and behold, if the affliction is on the walls of the house in hollow places of greenish or reddish hue, and their appearance is lower than the wall.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:37:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:37, so the Hebrew word וְרָאָ֣ה (veraah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.14.37.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.37.W1.S1) and character.